The UK National Book Committee
This page titled with "the UK National Book Committee", provides you some useful information about books in UK and Ireland.
The Booksellers Association
The Booksellers Association(BA) is a member of the National Book Committee, dedicated to the well-being of books and the written word.
National Book Tokens
National Book Tokens is one of the services offered by the Booksellers Association of UK and Ireland.
National Book Tokens are the only gift voucher that can be used in all the following bookshops: Waterstone's, WHSmith (excluding airports and some train stations), Blackwell, Borders, Books Etc, British Bookshops, Easons, John Smith, Foyles, Wesley Owen and local independent bookshops.
Bookstart
The Government has pledged to give £30m over the next three years to support the Bookstart programme - a scheme administered by the charity Booktrust to give every young child in England three free packs of books.
Soon after a baby is born, health visitors and others have given new parents a Bookstart pack of books, reading lists and information to bring books to babies.
Booktrust is now rolling out two new packs for toddlers and slightly older children. They are:
The world Book Day
The World Book Day is a worldwide celebration of books and reading.
For further inforamation please see
World Book Day is made possible by generous sponsorship from National Book Tokens, participating publishers, authors and booksellers. Booksellers who accept the £1 Book Tokens kindly agree to bear the full cost of redeeming it.